The read
It runs a compact 58m.
Synopsis
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- John HarlowDirector
- Geoffrey OrmeScreenplay
Cast
- Robert AyresNed Ellison
- June ThorburnAnne Curlew
- Alan WheatleyMark Cruden
- Bruce SetonSellars
- Michael BalfourHoney
- Ballard BerkeleyInsp. Crane
- Michael KellyLobb
- John HorsleyWorsley
- Olive KirbyAngela Bentley
- Ian FlemingDr. Jepson
- Myrtle ReedJackie
- Dennis ChinneryBank cashier
Themes
suicide attemptcriminal